SOUTH EASTON, Mass. – The two-time defending Northeast-10 Conference champion University of New Haven women’s volleyball team was voted atop the 2014 NE-10 Coaches’ Preseason Poll, as announced today by the conference office. The Chargers have won four NE-10 Championships and six consecutive NE-10 regular season crowns in their six seasons as a member of the conference.

The Chargers acquired 10 first-place votes from the conference’s 15 head coaches and received 191 total points to head the poll. Three first-place tallies went to second-place Bentley, while Adelphi and Saint Rose each received one first-place vote to put them at third and fourth place, respectively.

New Haven enters the 2014 season – the 21st campaign for Head Coach Robin Salters ‘91 – with an all-time record of 88-0 in the Northeast-10 regular season.

The Chargers begin their 2014 slate with four non-region matches at the FSC/Terrace Hotel Classic hosted by Florida Southern on Sept. 5-6. Action comes to Charger Gymnasium for the first time on Saturday, Sept. 13 as New Haven opens its NE-10 slate against Franklin Pierce as part of a tri-match that also features non-conference opponent Queens